Athletes Who Achieved Double Hat-Tricks
While scoring six goals may occur often on a school playground or local park, it is a much rarer feat in the world of professional football.
Hat-tricks are relatively common, but even achieving four or five goals in a match is considered extraordinary at the highest levels of the sport.
Double hat-tricks are quite rare, yet several players have managed to accomplish this remarkable achievement throughout the years.
This article takes a look at the players who have done it and the teams they left in the dust…
16. Wesley Sonck
Considered one of Belgium’s finest forwards, Wesley Sonck had stints with clubs like Ajax and Borussia Mönchengladbach but found the most success with Genk in his home country.
During three prolific seasons at Genk, Sonck netted 80 goals, including six during a 9-0 victory against Mechelen in a top-flight match in November 2002.
15. Ted MacDougall
A Scottish forward, Ted MacDougall enjoyed most of his career in England and holds the record for the highest number of goals scored by a player in an FA Cup match.
He netted nine times for Bournemouth in an extraordinary 11-0 victory over Margate in the cup during November 1971, a record that may never be surpassed.
14. Eulogio Martínez
To date, only one player has scored a double hat-trick in the Copa del Rey, and that player is Eulogio Martínez, who achieved this in May 1957.
Martínez, a Paraguayan by birth who later represented Spain, scored seven times in an 8-1 victory over Atlético Madrid. A two-time league and cup winner with Barça, he also netted the inaugural goal at Camp Nou during its opening in September 1957.
13. Fernando Peyroteo
A prominent figure in Portuguese football, Fernando Peyroteo played his entire career at Sporting CP, amassing over 500 goals for the Lisbon club.
Peyroteo netted nine in a 14-0 rout against Leça in February 1942 and followed up with eight in a 12-1 drubbing of Boavista in October 1948.
12. Afonso Alves
Despite not fully realizing the potential of his early career, Brazilian striker Afonso Alves had his share of outstanding performances.
His most notable display came while playing for Heerenveen, where he found the net seven times in a 9-0 triumph over Heracles Almelo in October 2007. Although his subsequent transfer to Middlesbrough didn’t quite have the same success, he went on to conclude his career in Qatar.
11. Silvio Piola
The first player to score a double hat-trick in Serie A, Silvio Piola is one of only two players to have accomplished this milestone, scoring six goals for Pro Vercelli in a 7-2 victory against Fiorentina in October 1933.
A World Cup winner with Italy in 1938, Piola also played for Lazio and Juventus and was a three-time Serie A runner-up.
10. Omar Sívori
One of only two players in the history of Serie A to score six goals in a single match, Omar Sívori achieved this remarkable feat during a massive victory for Juventus.
Sívori scored six times as Juve crushed their rivals, Inter, 9-1 in June 1961. The Argentine-Italian striker contributed the first three goals for the Bianconeri and went on to add the fifth, seventh, and ninth goals in this remarkable win.
9. Erling Haaland
Rather than just a double hat-trick, Erling Haaland went even further, achieving a triple hat-trick while playing for Norway’s Under-20 side against Honduras in the 2019 World Cup.
At just 18 years of age and playing for RB Salzburg at the time, Haaland’s nine-goal performance in Norway’s 12-0 victory highlighted his emergence as one of the world’s most exciting forward talents.
8. Dieter Müller
A Bundesliga champion with FC Köln in the 1977/78 season, Dieter Müller was the league’s top scorer both that year and the previous one.
He scored over 150 goals for Köln throughout his career and holds the Bundesliga record for goals in a single game, with six in an 7-2 win over Werder Bremen in August 1977.
7. Telmo Zarra
Telmo Zarra is known as Athletic Club’s all-time leading scorer and he was the most prolific scorer in La Liga history until many of his records were eclipsed by Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo.
Zarra, who netted 20 goals in just 20 appearances for Spain, spent the bulk of his career with Athletic, where he scored six goals in a 10-0 victory against Lleida in November 1950.
6. Lothar Emmerich
A highly-regarded forward in German football, Lothar Emmerich made a significant impact at Borussia Dortmund during the 1960s.
In October 1965, Emmerich achieved a remarkable six-goal feat for Dortmund in an 8-0 victory against Floriana from Malta in the European Cup Winners’ Cup. The following year, he participated in the West Germany team that reached the World Cup final in England.
5. László Kubala
The construction of Camp Nou was largely driven by the immense popularity of the legendary László Kubala, which caused the previous stadium, Les Corts, to be insufficient to accommodate fans.
Kubala, a revered figure, is immortalized in a statue outside the new stadium and renowned for scoring 288 goals for FC Barcelona, including unofficial matches. This tally includes seven goals scored in a 9-0 victory over Sporting Gijón in February 1952.
4. Pelé
Regarded as one of the greatest footballers in history, Pelé also ranks among the top scorers of all time.
The exact number of goals he tallied is debated, but it is confirmed that he scored eight in a single match for Santos against Botafogo (SP) during the Campeonato Paulista in April 1964.
3. Edmundo
Edmundo, one of Brazil’s most talented forwards during his era, had notable spells at Serie A clubs like Fiorentina and several stints with Rio’s Vasco da Gama.
In September 1997, he scored all six goals in a 6-0 victory for Vasco against União São João, a record that still stands in Brazil’s top-flight league.
2. Julián Álvarez
Julián Álvarez signed with Manchester City in January 2022 but was loaned back to River Plate for the following six months.
In May, he scored six goals for the Buenos Aires team in an 8-1 defeat of Alianza Lima in the Copa Libertadores, and he later became a World Cup champion with Argentina later that same year.
1. Ted Drake
Taking the role of centre-forward, Ted Drake played for both Arsenal and Southampton and holds the record for most goals scored in a top-flight match in English football.
Drake scored all seven goals for Arsenal in a 7-1 victory over Aston Villa in December 1935. Additionally, he earned five caps for England, netting six goals in total.
